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Visit to call centre reveals enormity of child sex abuse in Kenya

Mercy Chege, executive director, National Child Care Centre.

Shouts of playing pupils chasing after a ball welcome you into the compound that houses the National Child Care Centre in Nairobi.

On one side is a primary school, and the pupils are probably oblivious to the fact that just a few metres away from their classes is a building where cases of abuse on children their age are handled – most of which are too overwhelming for them to comprehend.

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